At the beginning of this masterpiece of African literature, Clarence, a white man, has been shipwrecked on the coast of Africa Flush with self importance, he demands to see the king, but the king has just left for the south of his realm Traveling through an increasingly phantasmagoric landscape in

The Barnes Noble ReviewWith the debut of his first young adult novel, science fiction writer Terry Pratchett invites readers ages 12 and up to visit Discworld an imaginary land well known to Pratchett s adult following At the heart of this tale is a slightly twisted take on the old Pied Piper

A lost world, man eating tribesmen, lush andimpenetrable jungles, stranded American fliers one of them a dame withgreat gams, for heaven s sake , a startling rescue mission This is atrue story made in heaven for a writer as talented as Mitchell Zuckoff Whew what an utterly compelling and d

Tierno Monenembo s The King of Kahel was originally published in France in 2008 and was the winner of the French literary prize, the prix Renaudot, which is awarded to the author of an outstanding original novel Loosely based on the life of Olivier de Sanderval, a man who journeyed to Guinea to bu

Inspired by the true story of a woman who changed the way we understand our world In 1933 three young, gifted anthropologists are thrown together in the jungle of New Guinea They are Nell Stone, fascinating, magnetic and famous for her controversial work studying South Pacific tribes, her intellig

Rufus has been dreaming of getting a dog His best friend has one His worst friend has one But his dad has a few objections They whine They gnaw They bark They scratch They beg They drool Rufus pays no attention when his mom offers her think outside the box suggestion, because she can t be

For many years Sierra Leone and Liberia have been too dangerous to travel through, bedevilled by a uniquely brutal form of violence from which sprang many of Africa s cruellest contemporary icons This travel book touches on one of the most fraught parts of the globe at a different moment in its his

In a novel that is at once intense, beautiful, and fablelike, Lloyd Jones weaves a transcendent story that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the power of narrative to transform our lives On a copper rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyo

The thrilling prequel to Redwall The clever and greedy wildcat Tsarmina becomes ruler of all Mossflower Woods and is determined to govern the peaceful woodlanders with an iron paw The brave mouse Martin and quick talking mouse thief Gonff meet in the depths of Kotir Castle s dungeon The two esc

When biologist Chris Bacon headed for the unspoiled rainforests of Papua New Guinea in search of medicinal plants, he had no idea that he would bring home a rare flower rud by a tribal shaman to prevent human aging Driven by fountain of youth dreams, he plans to turn the flower into an elixir o

Campbell brings to vivid life one of the forgotten, grislier campaigns of World War II, the Buna Trail campaign in New Guinea The Japanese were trying to get a foothold on the south coast of the island, opposite Australia The American Thirty second Infantry Division had the job of driving the

A remarkable firsthand view of a lost culture in all its simplicity and violence by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen 1927 to 2014 , author of the National Book Award winning The Snow Leopard and the novel In Paradise In the Baliem Valley in central New Guinea live the Kurelu, a Stone Age tribe th

Finally, the long awaited tale of Martin, the Warrior mouse of Redwall As a child, Martin was brought to the stronghold of Badrang the Tyrant, forced into enslavement behind its massive walls But he was strong He was brave And mere escape was not his plan as long as his father s sword rested in B